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March 10, 2006
Chelsea Bank Robber Grosses More Than 'Failure to Launch'
Admittedly, I erred Wednesday when I disgraced the Failure to Launch premiere in Chelsea with my failure to give a fuck. And now that the good people at Open All Night tell me the event paid extra-special homage to Dog Day Afternoon, I am kicking myself into next week:
Just prior to the premiere, with a full coterie of camera crews waiting on the red carpet, the Citibank branch at 322 W. 23rd Street, across from the theater, had been robbed. ... The robber did apparently run right through the media setup, escaping through a walkway next to the movie theater, although those on hand weren’t aware of it until the police showed up.
An NYPD spokesman confirmed the robbery, and told OAN that no one was injured, and the suspect had no weapon, and that he took some money from a bank customer, and "fled north on 23rd Street". The spokesman would not disclose whether any money was stolen from the bank, or how much. We on the red carpet did not notice any exploding dye packs from a fleeing robber.
See? Who says there are no real reporters on the red carpet? At any rate, I could not have said it any better than OAN newshound Bennett Marcus: "Staging a bank robbery directly across the street during your movie premiere is fucking brilliant." And how, pal. And how.
(Photo: Open All Night)
Posted by stvanairsdale at March 10, 2006 02:00 PM
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